2010-11-03

The Extinction of the Five Skandhas


"When someone befriends the Buddha, the Buddha's disciples, and the Good Master of the Way, and when he listens to the 12 types of sutras, due to his hearing of Dharma, there comes about a realm of good. When he sees the realm of good, he acquires great Wisdom. Great Wisdom is the correct seeing. When he gains such seeing, he repents of the life of birth and death. In consequence of this repentance, no joy arises [regarding samsara, birth and death]. When he does not feel that joy, he truly destroys the greedy mind. When he destroys the greedy mind, he practices well the Noble Eightfold Path. When he practices the Noble Eightfold Path, he emerges from the birth and death. When there is no birth and death, he gains the Emancipation. When the fire does not meet with the fuel, this is extinction. When there is no more birth and death, we say that we cross over the extinction. This is the extinction of the five skandhas."

Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 35, on Bodhisattva Lion's Roar 3.


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